Sponsorship on WXPN
Your business or organization can engage with the WXPN community across any or all our broadcast regions (Philly Metro, Central PA, Northeastern PA/Northern NJ) with on-air :25 messages, sponsorship of our station’s events & programming features, and the live XPN audio stream.
Sponsorship Options
All WXPN Sponsorship campaigns are custom. We design them with you based on your marketing needs and goals. Your campaign on XPN highlights your business and shows our audiences that you support WXPN and are worthy of their consideration.
Ways WXPN can reach your target audience
Broadcast
:25 on-air messages across any or all of our radio signals:
- Southeastern PA/Philly Metro/Southern NJ: 88.5
- Central PA: Harrisburg 99.7, Lancaster, York: 88.7
- Northeastern PA/Lehigh Valley: 104.9
- North Jersey/Poconos: 91.9
Digital
Engage our growing digital audience through:
- :15 Audio Pre-Roll Sponsorship of the XPN stream - Your messaging runs before the WXPN live digital stream begins; whether on phones, web, or other devices.
- ~1 million digital tune-ins per month, available to a limited number of sponsors
- WXPN Newsletters: WXPN writes and distributes 3 e-newsletters that are sent to over 90,000 every week. 2 sponsorship banners are available each week.
Live Events
Sponsorship of XPN produced events including:
- The legendary XPoNential Music Festival: Annual 3-day music festival happening each September
- Free At Noon concerts every Friday at WXPN’s building
- WXPN Homegrown Live concerts – quarterly free live concerts showcasing Philadelphia area talent
- NON-COMMvention – NON-COMM is the annual gathering of public (non-commercial) music station managers, music industry representatives, and music media to uncover the very best in new music from emerging and established artists.
- Musicians On Call 5k Run: WXPN Musicians On Call brings live music to the bedsides of hundreds of patients and caregivers every week across ten Philadelphia-area hospitals. With your sponsorship, XPN can bring that same joy and connection to even more people.
Interested in knowing more?
Chris Kirchner, 215-573-8728 | CKir@XPN.org
Why WXPN Sponsorship?
Your Priorities:
Your marketing initiatives and goals are our priority. All proposals are based on your expectations, timing, and budgets. We meet with you and your team to hear your needs and respond with plans that will engage our 350,000+ weekly listeners.
Non-Profit Public Media:
We are a mission-based organization with 50+ employees, built to grow audiences, support artists and music discovery, and help regional businesses connect with our valuable, engaged fans
No clutter:
Our on-air sponsorship messages are :25 standalone announcements read by our station hosts, with just 4x running per hour. (Commercial media averages 17+ announcements per hour.) WXPN does not air gambling or political ads ever! Our listeners love this.
Trust:
Your org can benefit from our trusted environment and ‘The Halo Effect’ – XPN’s community supporting orgs that sponsor WXPN. “Eight in ten (82%) advertisers say they are vetting media partners based on trust-related attributes. This is according to the 2021 Advertiser Perceptions Trust Report”. Because of this, our audience consistently listens longer and more intently than other media.
Our Audiences
All WXPN Sponsorship is purposely uncluttered, limited, and speaks to our audiences in a way that resonates with them.
- ~350,000+ different people listen each week
- Instills trust in your business /organization
- Valuable audiences: WXPN delivers an educated, engaged audience who invest in their homes, education, entertainment, arts, culture and quality services and products.